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אִם

im · if

Hebrew · Strong's H518 · Conjunction · Sounds like: eem · 1,070 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • if H0518A 714
  • if: except H0518B · a Part of 150
  • if: surely no H0518H · a Meaning of 109
  • if: surely yes H0518I · a Meaning of 80
  • if: until H0518J · a Meaning of 17

Strong's dictionary

a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
אִם conj.
1. hypoth. part. if
2. Interrog. part.
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
כִּי אם־
1. each part. retaining its independent force, and relating to a different clause:
a. that if
b. for if
2. (About 140 t.) the two particles being closely conjoined, and relating to the same clause—
a. limiting the prec. clause, except
b. the if being neglected, and treated as pleonastic, so that the clause is no longer a limitation of the preceding clause but a contradiction of it: but rather, but
c. after an oath, surely

Every occurrence

  1. Psalms 1:2 אִ֥ם 'im · Small word: except

    But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

  2. Psalms 1:4 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: except

    The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

  3. Psalms 7:3 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

  4. Psalms 7:3 אִֽם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

  5. Psalms 7:4 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)

  6. Psalms 7:12 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

  7. Psalms 27:3 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: though

    Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.

  8. Psalms 27:3 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: though

    Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.

  9. Psalms 41:6 וְאִם־ ve.'im- · Small word: and if

    And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

  10. Psalms 44:20 אִם־ 'i.mo.Sha- · Small word: if

    If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

  11. Psalms 50:12 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

  12. Psalms 50:18 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.

  13. Psalms 59:15 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.

  14. Psalms 63:6 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    When I remember thee upon my bed, And meditate on thee in the night-watches.

  15. Psalms 66:18 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:

  16. Psalms 68:13 אִֽם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

  17. Psalms 73:15 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

  18. Psalms 77:9 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: or

    Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah

  19. Psalms 78:20 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: or

    Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

  20. Psalms 78:34 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

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